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S Sen Gongzhi Film & TV · Japan

Mori Katsuji (Japanese: Mori Katsuji/Mori KatsujiMori Katsuji, former stage name: Mori Miyuki (Mori Miyuki)) is a Japanese male voice actor and narrator. Born on July 10, 1945 in Zhejiang Province, the Republic of China, and was born in Tokyo. The office he belongs to is his own Office Mori.

Daido Moriyama Daido Moriyama Artists · Japan

Daido Moriyama (October 10, 1938 -) is a Japanese photographer known for his strong black and white urban street photography.

C Chisaki Mori Musicians · Japan

Chisaki Morito (February 19, 2000 -) was born in Tochigi Prefecture and belongs to the entertainment agency J.P ROOM Inc. Morito officially debuted as a member of Country Girls in November 2014, and later moved to Morning Musume in June 2017. As a member of the fourteenth generation, she also serves as Country Girls. Country Girls activities ceased at the end of December 2019, and Morito has been working full-time as Morning Musume since then. . She left Morning Musume on June 20, 2022. After graduation, I have been studying for nearly five years. Blood type A, height 152cm, support color is white (in Country Girls, it is orange).

Hanae Mori Hanae Mori Artists · Japan

Mori Hanae (Japanese: Mori Eike, Romanized: Mori Hanae, January 8, 1926 - August 11, 2022) was a Japanese fashion designer.

C Chisato Moritaka Musicians · Japan

Chisato Moritaka (Japanese: Moritaka Chisato/Moritaka Chisato, Romanized: Moritaka Chisato, April 11, 1969 -) is a Japanese female singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her husband is actor Eguchi Yosuke.

Yang Gang Yang Gang Writers · People's Republic of China

Yang Gang (January 30, 1905 - October 7, 1957), pen name Yang Jizheng (also Zheng), scientific name Yang Bin, female, native of Mianyang, Hubei (now Xiantao), born in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, Chinese writer and journalist. During the Anti-Japanese War, she, Peng Zigang, Pu Xixiu, and Ge Yang were known as the "Four Famous Dandies" in the rear journalism circles (she and the first two were also known as the "Three Musketeers"). She was one of the most outstanding female reporters in China at that time.

Y Yang Xinyi Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yang Xinyi (October 23, 2004-), an actress from mainland China, was born as a child star.

Youngs Youngs Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yeung Si (English name: Bolo Yeung, born July 3, 1946), male, Hong Kong actor, mostly plays villains in martial arts movies. His most popular works include Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" and Claude Van Damme's "Fist".

Y Yang Zixin Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yang Zixin (November 15, 1996 -), mainland Chinese singer and actor, was born in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing City. He is a member of the boy group C.T.O under Creativity Entertainment. He serves as the mezzo-soprano vocalist in the team. He participated in Happy Boys in 2017 and also participated in movies such as "Fantasy Bed and Breakfast".

Y Yang Wangsun Scholars · Western Han Dynasty

Yang Wangsun (?—?), a figure in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, advocated naked burial. Wangsun's courtesy name is famous, and he is from Jingzhao. Yang Wangsun studied the skills of Huang Lao. His family had a lot of money and he was good at self-care. When he was sick and about to die, he told his son that after his death, there would be no coffin. Instead, he would put his body in a cloth bag and bury it seven feet underground. Then he would take the bag out from under his feet and let the body be completely submerged in the soil. The son wanted not to listen, but he could not bear to obey his father's orders, so he told Yang Wangsun's friend Qihou. Qihou wrote to Yang Wangsun, saying that if the deceased knew about it, he would see his ancestors naked, which he felt was inappropriate. Yang Wangsun said that modern rituals and rich burials were too generous, and that he was buried naked to correct the world's customs. Rich burials with belongings rotting in the ground, and tomb robbers leaving corpses exposed in the wild. Qi Hou was convinced that Yang Wangsun was indeed buried naked after his death.

Y Yang Qiuling Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yang Qiuling (1936 - September 12, 2009), a Chinese Peking Opera performing artist, Gong Danxing, was a female disciple of Mei Lanfang after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Yang Caini Yang Caini Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei (English: Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, May 23, 1974-), born in Taipei County, Taiwan, is a Hong Kong female singer and actress.

Y Yang Feitong Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yang Feitong (August 6, 1994 -), a male artist from mainland China. In August 2017, Yang Feitong starred in his first film and television work "The Trainee" and officially entered the entertainment industry. Debuted as a member of Zoom Super Group on August 24, 2017 . In January 2018, he and four other members of the Zoom Super Group participated in the iQiyi idol boy group competition to compete in the development-type reality show "Idol Producer". He attracted attention for his extraordinary singing skills and finally finished in 28th place. In 2019, he participated in the Tencent Video Idol Boy Group competition as a contestant in the development reality show "Produce Camp 2019", but failed to succeed in the contest.

Y Yang Lijing Film & TV · Republic of China

Yang Lijing (English name: Cynthia Khan, December 13, 1967 -), a well-known Taiwanese actress, was born in Chiayi City, Taiwan. She later moved her family to Hualien County to settle down, and her family ran a gold jewelry store. Graduated from the Dance Department of Taipei Guoguang Theater Experimental School. After graduating from Guoguang Theater Arts Experimental School in the last century, she participated in the filming of Hong Kong martial arts action movies and was known as Taiwan's number one martial arts actress. He is classmates and friends with famous Taiwanese actors Li Zhixi, Li Zhiqi, Sun Peng, Tuo Zongkang, Qu Zhongheng, Lin Meixiu, Yang Jiemei, etc.

C Chu Yuan Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chor Yuen (English: Chor Yuen, October 8, 1934 - February 21, 2022), formerly known as Cheung Po-kin (English: Cheung Po-kin), was born in Meixian, Guangdong, and is a Hong Kong male director, screenwriter and actor. Chor Yuen entered the industry in the 1950s. In the early days, he mainly shot Cantonese films. His film output was numerous and the themes were rich and diverse. In addition to literary films based on popular dramas, he also shot comedies, suspense films, musicals, detective films, and even family ethics films that focused on realism. At the end of the 1960s, Cantonese films were in decline. Chu Yuan then devoted himself to making Mandarin films in the 1970s, and began to dabble in martial arts films. He was especially good at adapting Gu Long's martial arts novels. Together with three other famous directors of the Shaw Brothers Film Company, Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan and Chang Cheh, who were also good at shooting costume or martial arts films, they were collectively known as the "Four Great Directors" or "Shaw Brothers Four Directors". In 1973, Chu Yuan directed the Cantonese-language Hong Kong film "Tenants" and revived the production of Cantonese-language films in Hong Kong. From the 1980s to the 1990s, Chu Yuan also directed Hong Kong films with different themes and participated in film and television performances. Since the 2000s, Chu Yuan has gradually faded out of the film and television industry. Chu Yuan directed nearly 130 films throughout his life, making significant contributions and far-reaching influence to the development of Hong Kong films. In 1998 and 2018, Chu Yuan was awarded the Professional Spirit Award at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards respectively as a mark of recognition and tribute. His father is Cantonese film and television actor Cheung Wo-yau, and Chor Yuan's wife is Cantonese opera and film and television actress Nan Hong.

C Chu Chunqiu Writers · People's Republic of China

Xu Guixiang (December 27, 1959 -), whose pen name is Chu Chunqiu, was born in Huoqiu, Anhui, and is a contemporary Chinese writer.

E Eimeikata Entrepreneurs · People's Republic of China

Rong Mingfang (1972-), now renamed Rong Lifang, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur, the daughter of Rong Zhijian, the former chairman of the board of directors of CITIC Pacific, and the eldest granddaughter of former Chinese Vice Chairman Rong Yiren. He once served as director of the Finance Department of CITIC Pacific, vice chairman of the board of directors of CITIC Pacific Information Technology, and director of the Eastern Submarine Tunnel.

F Fan Shaohuang Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Fan Shaohuang (English: Louis Fan Siu Wong, June 19, 1973 -), Hong Kong film actor, his father is former Shaw Brothers actor Fan Meisheng. Fan Shaohuang was born and raised in Hong Kong. When he was fifteen, he went to Xuzhou to learn martial arts and complete high school courses. After he became an adult, he returned to Hong Kong and joined the entertainment industry until now. Now they mostly develop their personal careers in mainland China.

Fan Zhendong Fan Zhendong Athletes · People's Republic of China

Fan Zhendong (January 22, 1997 -), whose ancestral home is Qidong County, Hunan Province, was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong. He is a Chinese male table tennis player, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Youth Federation and deputy director of the sports sector. The 11th Grand Slam player in the history of world table tennis and the 10th Grand Slam player in the history of Chinese table tennis. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long are the only two "Super Grand Slam" players in the history of men's table tennis who have won the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Asian Cup, Tour Finals, China National Games and National Championships singles championships. According to news on July 1, 2026, Fan Zhendong officially joined the Bundesliga Dusseldorf Club.

F Fan Yujie Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Fan Yujie (December 30, 2009-), a native of Shanghai, is an actor in the People's Republic of China.

Lou Nanguang Lou Nanguang Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Billy Lau Nam Kwong (English: Billy Lau Nam Kwong, July 3, 1954 -) is a Hong Kong male film and television actor and program host. He was a male artist on TVB and Asia Television. He attended the sixth TVB artist training class in the 1970s. The students of the same class included: Zeng and Lui Liangwei, Chen Yulian, Chen Yulin, Liu Yali, Liang Honghua, Lien Yanhui, Liao Anli, Liao Weixiong, Lu Shaoci, Yung Huiwen and Long Tiansheng. He later debuted as an actor and participated in many comedies, horror films and third-level films. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best New Actor at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the movie "Mr. Zombie" in 1985. His adoptive father is the artist Hu Feng. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Star Football Team.

Kumi Yokoyama Kumi Yokoyama Athletes · Japan

Kumi Yokoyama (Japanese: Kumi Yokoyama / Yokoyama Kumi, Roma version: Yokoyama Kumi, August 13, 1993-), Japan Soccer Athletics member, member of the Japan National Women's Soccer Team.

Yuka Kashino Yuka Kashino Musicians · Japan

Kashino Yuka (Japanese: Kaori Kashino/Kashino Yuka, Romanized: Kashino Yuka, December 23, 1988 -) is a singer born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Member of the popular electronic music group Perfume. Nickname is Kashiyuka (Kashiyuka). Graduated from Horikoshi High School. Studied at the same university as member Ayano Omoto (Nocchi) and graduated in March 2011. Members will call her "Kasshi (Cassie)" or "Yukachan (Yuka-chan)". The commonly used first person pronouns are "Yuka (Yuka)" or "Yukachan (Yuka-chan)". Height 161cm. The hairstyle is long straight hair.

Kenji Dan Kenji Dan Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Tan Jianci (October 5, 1990 -), a native of Beihai, Guangxi, is an actor and singer in mainland China and a member of the MIC boy group. She won the first prize and gold medal in Latin dance at the 8th Taoli Cup, the third prize in Latin dance and the fourth prize in modern dance at the 2006 World IDSF Grand Prix Shanghai Open. He has a solid professional background and outstanding achievements in the five fields of film, television, singing, dance and variety.